To pass a resolution to have a committee appointed to examine the report of the union in regard to the proceedings of the committee of the whole on saturday las

On Feb 8, 1847, the House voted 128–64. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 60–60, Others 68–4. 60 members voted against their own party.

During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.

Yes: 128
No: 64
Did not vote: 45
Date: Feb 8, 1847

By party

Democrats60 yes · 60 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others68 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL voted no
William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Shepherd Leffler D-IA voted no
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
William Mcdaniel D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Barclay Martin D-TN voted no
David Spangler Kaufman D-TX voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution to have a committee…: House Vote, Feb 8, 1847,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-568/to-pass-a-resolution-to-have-a-committee-appointed (accessed 2026-10-17).